REPLAY - Discourse on Colonialism, Pt 1. - Left POCket Project Podcast by Left POCket Project Podcast

A discussion of race, class, and politics in the HBO series The Last of Us w/guest Dani. --- Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -Outro: "Wonder & Amazement" (feat. Jeremy Glenn) [Deetron Amazement Dub] by Grand Corporation --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify:...

In this episode, a #ReadingRevolution installment, we discuss the Introduction and closing interview in the 2001 edition of Aimé Césaire's 1950 anticolonial manifesto Discourse on Colonialism --- Readings & Resources: Brent Edwards - The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674011038 Négritude https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/negritude/ German Colonization of...

In this episode, Dr. Cassie Osei discusses her research on the history of Black women’s labor and related social change in Brazil, conducting research in Brazil as a Black woman herself, and the racial politics of the reality show Love Is Blind: Brazil. — Readings & Resources (from Dr, Osei): Paulina Alberto - Terms of Inclusion https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871713/terms-of-inclusion/#:~:text=Terms%20of%20Inclusion%20tells%20a,citizenship%20in%20twentieth%2Dcentury%20Brazil. Barbara...

In this preview episode, Wendi reads a brief excerpt from Aimé Césaire's Discourse on Colonialism, our upcoming #ReadingRevolution series selection. — Readings & Resources: Aimé Césaire - Discourse on Colonialism https://nyupress.org/9781583670255/discourse-on-colonialism/ https://files.libcom.org/files/zz_aime_cesaire_robin_d.g._kelley_discourse_on_colbook4me.org_.pdf --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Reddit:...

In this episode, Richard & Wendi discuss a few news items around AI, art for public consumption, and policing as well as the strange trajectory of left populism in the US — Readings & Resources: “Artificial Intelligence: The Risks Could Outweigh the...

A discussion of the "sad beige" trend and other aesthetic choices in childrearing that carry thinly-veiled messages of classism, moralism, and misogyny. -- Readings & Resources: "The Sad Beige Trend Goes against All My Wild Instincts" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/04/the-sad-beige-trend-goes-against-all-my-wild-instincts "The Miseducation of Maria Montessori" https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-miseducation-of-maria-montessori --- -Intro: "My Life as a...

A quick update -- -Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -Outro: "(Just Like We) Breakdown" by Hot Chip --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes:...

In this episode, we speak to Brent of Rad Reads, a youtube channel where discussions of radical texts takes center stage. Readings & Resources Audio/Video: Rad Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFDSgzcZsjOi8XnWD2TlKg -Review: Blood in My Eye by George Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_b-0ab5ljE -Discussion: Struggling with Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJdHNl4zcs -Other Media: Twitter: RadreadsB Instagram:...

In this episode - a Reading Revolution installment - we discuss the essay "Love as the Practice of Freedom" by bell hooks and how it can apply to our contemporary leftist formations and debates on revolution. --- Readings & Resources bell hooks - "Love as the Practice of Freedom" (essay) https://uucsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bell-hooks-Love-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom.pdf "Love as the Practice of Freedom"...

I'm taking requests again for N95s Contact me for a packet if you're: -an outward-facing worker in financial need -disabled/pregnant/elderly/caretaker in financial need who requires high-grade masks for daily tasks twitter: @MuseWendi twitter: @LeftPOC patreon.com/leftpoc email: [email protected] to donate to my efforts, please visit: paypal: http://paypal.me/wendimuse venmo: @wendimuse cashapp: $wendimuse please write "masks" in the notes & be sure to spell my name...

A spicy take to close out 2021 and Podmas on "China in Africa" -- -Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes:...

In this episode, a #ComradeMommy installment and Podmas #20, I talk about the dark underbelly of mom and family based social media. --- Readings & Resources "Biracials Are Fighting for Their Lives on TikTok" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJBW8VkeZM --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit:...

In this episode, a #ComradeMommy installment and Podmas #19, I talk about anger. --- Readings & Resources "What will the pandemic look like in 2022?" interview w/ Eric Topol https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2021/12/16/what-will-the-pandemic-look-like-in-2022 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Image by Noa Denman --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt:...

In this episode, a #ReadingRevolution installment and Podmas #18, I read "Love as the Practice of Freedom" by bell hooks. --- Readings & Resources bell hooks - "Love as the Practice of Freedom" https://uucsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bell-hooks-Love-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom.pdf --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt:...

In this episode, Podmas installment #17, we speak with Michael Salamone, the man behind our theme music, about his background, his activism, and the current political situation in the US. --- Readings & Resources michaelsalamone.com --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit:...

In this episode, Podmas installment #16, I give you all some Podmas updates. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes:...

In this episode, Podmas installment #15, I talk about the holiday season, some of the struggles people are having, and the need for empathy and support. --- Readings & Resources National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud:...

In this episode, Podmas installment #14, I talk about diversity in film and tv, how it frequently devolves into tokenism, and where it still falls short. --- Readings & Resources "And Just Like That on HBO: the Sex and the City revival turns Miranda into a white liberal nightmare" https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/sex-and-the-city-and-just-like-that-miranda.html "Netflix Productions Are More Diverse Than Studio...

In this episode, Podmas installment #13, I talk about debt and the tremendous burden it places on my generation and many more in the future. --- Readings & Resources "President Biden hasn't yet kept his student loan forgiveness promise" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/1062070001/student-loan-forgiveness-debt-president-biden-campaign-promise "Americans' Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Know" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/upshot/medical-debt-americans-medicaid.html ‘What I Learned...

In this episode, Podmas installment #12, I talk about my fascination with the longstanding "Tradwife" trend in popular media and the limits of "choice." --- Readings & Resources The Housewives of White Supremacy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/opinion/sunday/tradwives-women-alt-right.html Fundie Fridays: "Checking In with Girl Defined" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIbM0VTttBo "The Duggars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVTHCKejYA&t=2464s Tara Mooknee - "Classically...

In this Podmas installment #11 and #ReadingRevolution episode, I read and discuss Tressie McMillan Cottom's essay "A Few Notes on Gaslighting." --- Readings & Resources Tressie McMillan Cottom - "A Few Notes on Gaslighting" https://tressiemc.com/essays-2/a-few-notes-on-gaslighting/ Tressie McMillan Cottom - Thick https://thenewpress.com/books/thick --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter:...

In this episode, Podmas installment #10, I talk about the limits of academia when it comes to political expression and the pitfalls of professionalization. --- Readings & Resources Talk from Joy James at Brown University - "The Architects of Abolitionism: George Jackson, Angela Davis, and the Deradicalization of Prison Struggles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9rvRsWKDx0 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter:...

In this episode, Podmas installment #9 and a LeftPOC of the Week edition, I finish my discussion on Black Brazilian communist, performer, thinker, and activist Thereza Santos. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker:...